Two Charged in Jackson Murder

2013-05-14T12:15:01Z2013-05-20T15:05:41Z

LAWTON Okla_ Two people have been charged in connection to the homicide of Lavonte Jackson.

You'll
remember, Jackson
was killed on a front porch of a house near 23rd Place and Southwest Evans in early March.
Tuesday, the DA filed charges against Dennis Bowling and Lena Ochoa, both 26
years old.

Bowling's charged
with 2nd degree murder and Ochoa is charged with being an accomplice to murder
after the fact. They were held at the Lawton City Jail before being arraigned Tuesday.

Police said
they made contact with both suspects at the 2100 block of NW Lindy in Lawton last Wednesday.
They didn't arrest either of them at that point, just took them in for
questioning. It was after the questioning that they were taken to jail. Now, Ochoa
is talking, but Bowling is not.

During
questioning, Ochoa told police she indeed did drive not only Bowling, but two
others, to the location where 21-year-old Lavonte Jackson was shot. Bowling, on
the other hand requested his right to an attorney.

It seemed the
tables turned at Tuesday's arraignment. Ochoa was completely quiet as she
walked through the halls. Bowling was not. He talked both on the way in and on
the way out. He was also talkative in the courtroom before the judge arrived.

He asked an
officer for a drink of water, because he was "nervous to be in the
courtroom." It was the first time Bowling had seen friends and family in
almost a week. A handful of them were present Tuesday, including his
ex-girlfriend.

"That's my
son's father," Melynda Garcia-Alvarez said. "I'm going to do
everything that I have to do. I'll get an attorney or something, because I know
he didn't do this. Dennis Bowling is not the man who could do something like
this to somebody. He didn't do it."

Witnesses from
that night say otherwise, though. In fact, police say someone has directly
identified Bowling as the shooter. Tuesday, both Bowling and Ochoa were set to
be arraigned in the same place at the same time, but after being brought to the
judge's courtroom separately, Ochoa was called out. We aren't sure why.

Bowling was
arraigned in the courtroom, while Ochoa was arraigned in the judge's chamber. Bowling
was charged with 2nd degree murder, meaning it was not premeditated.
He's being held on $250,000 bond. Ochoa's bond was set at $50,000. They are
both scheduled to appear in court again in July.

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